Researchers are monitoring a large sinkhole that appeared earlier this month in the small town of Daisetta, Texas.
On April 2, the ground on the northwestern flank of the Hull salt dome began cracking and disappearing into a sinkhole. It is not the first time this town of about a thousand residents has experienced a sinkhole.
“My worst fear is for it to overtake us at night. So that’s the reason we haven’t really been able to sleep,” resident Linda Hoover told KTRK News shortly after the sinkhole formed. “We have packed our bags just in case … so we can get out of here in a hurry if we need to.”…